The daughters of Lynne Forbes are grieving, and it is admirable to see these women come together and support each other through their collective loss. Compassion, not judgement, is the higher road for us as a society. | News24Wellness
is a weekly News24 column by Dr Helena Dolny and Mapi Mhlangu on mortality and the conversations around it.
Their emotional display of grief over the death of AKA garnered a mix of sympathy and criticism from South Africans. Some praised them for being open about their emotions and expressing their love for the late rapper, while others criticised them. One study published in the Journal of Social and Clinical Psychology found that women who openly express their grief are viewed more negatively than men who do the same. They are seen as weak and overly emotional, while men who exhibit the same behaviour may be considered strong and stoic.
During the Covid-19 pandemic, my colleague Helena and I signed up for a 10-week online programme on grief work. David Kessler was the course designer and convener. He's acclaimed in our circles as the protégé of the renowned Elisabeth Kübler Ross, the Swiss-American psychiatrist who transposed her research on terminally ill patients' responses to dying into designing a stage theory for grief. The stage theories attract critique and support.
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